United States Capitol chamber filled with people during a eulogy for President William McKinley. The desks on the floor, the mounted desk, and the galleries above are full. Title: (6)-8961-A tribute to McKinley's memory-Secretary Hay's eulogy...

William Morgan Beckner was born in 1841 in Moorefield, in Nicholas County, Kentucky. He attended the schools of Bath and Fleming counties, before attending Centre College in Danville. He read law under Judge E. C. Phister and was admitted to the...

Thomas Speed was born in Bardstown, Kentucky, in 1841, and was educated at Centre and Hanover Colleges. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war Captain Speed studied law at the University of Michigan, and practiced in...